CVEvulnerability

CVE-2012-6702

5.9 MEDIUM Published 2016-06-16 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2016-06-16
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
5.9 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-310

Description

Expat, when used in a parser that has not called XML_SetHashSalt or passed it a seed of 0, makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms via vectors involving use of the srand function.

Affected configurations

• libexpat project libexpat (< 2.2.0) • canonical ubuntu linux 12.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 14.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 15.10 • canonical ubuntu linux 16.04 • debian debian linux 8.0 • google android 4.4.4 • google android 5.0.2 • google android 5.1.1 • google android 6.0 • google android 6.0.1

Related

Weakness · not in database (1)

References